title: Electronic structure and biological activity of chosen DDT-type insecticides studied by 35Cl-NQR.
abstract: A correlation between the electronic structure and biological activity of chosen dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)-type insecticides: 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane, 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene, 2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethanoic acid and 4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone (used in agriculture) has been analysed on the basis of the (35)Cl-nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectroscopy. The (35)Cl-NQR resonance frequencies measured at 77 K have been correlated with the lethal dose (LD(50)) parameter that characterises the biological activity of these insecticides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland. jadzyn@wp.pl
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jadzyn
authors.forename: Bolesław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nogaj
mesh_terms: D002713:Chlorine; D003634:DDT / Q000737:chemistry*; D003632:Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane / Q000737:chemistry; D004583:Electrons; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007554:Isotopes; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D007554:Isotopes; D002713:Chlorine; D003634:DDT; D003632:Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane